Peace Garden Mama II

A garden blend of family, faith and following the muse

Archive for June, 2012


   Jun 27

writing wednesdays: new hangout

  Here’s a peek: The rest of it? Well, go see here:

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   Jun 25

mama mondays: a walk ’round indy

It’s not like me to be in a new place and not do a little exploring. But on the last day of my recent trip to Indianapolis, I realized I really had not seen the place. Going somewhere and staying indoors the whole time is like visiting a new friend and hanging out in a [...]

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   Jun 22

faith fridays: the gift of lisa hendey in indy

  Earlier this week, the clouds accompanied me on a journey to Indianapolis, where I have been taking in the 2012 Catholic Media Conference. I can think of no better way to begin my new venture as communications coordinator and editor for the Diocese of Fargo here in North Dakota. My time in Indy has [...]

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   Jun 18

mama mondays: chieftain revisited and dad’s day 2012

Happy Father’s Day 2012! (Okay, one day late…) Hope you dads had a relaxing, special day with your families. Starting a new job this week translated, for me, into haphazard Father’s Day plans, but thanks to one of the last feature stories I did for the newspaper, I had some things in the bag. Including [...]

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   Jun 15

faith fridays: courage and tranquility

  “In the twenty-first century, our situation as Catholics seems even more perilous and uncertain than in the heyday of these thinkers,” writes Gregory Wolfe in his book, Beauty Will Save the World, in a chapter discussing the influence of writers of the Catholic Intellectual Renaissance. Rather than dishearten, Wolfe aims to bring hope. To [...]

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   Jun 13

writing wednesdays: why I buy cheap shades

There is a reason, and it’s good, but…I forgot what it is. Oh wait, now I remember. See on Peace Garden Writer!

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   Jun 11

mama mondays: turning the corner

On Friday, I submitted my last feature story to The Forum, and realized all the hard work I’d done these last couple weeks to meet my final obligations had made me hungry. Well, that and I hadn’t eaten lunch. So, off I went into beautiful Downtown Fargo midday. One of the things I have loved [...]

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   Jun 08

faith fridays: can beauty save the world?

I’d been hemming and hawing over whether to use the Kindle I bought back in January. I’m a fan of the old way, of turning pages and flipping around, creating dog ears through bent paper, highlights from ink. But not long ago, the title of a book caught my attention — Beauty Will Save the [...]

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   Jun 06

writing wednesdays: toads, slushes and a tree rope over a lake

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Getting ready to drop. Drop in at Peace Garden Writer for more.

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   Jun 04

mama mondays: summer!

Oh, it was a lovely weekend. Not going to ruin it with too many words. To put it into context, though, we went to Daddy Troy’s hometown to take part in the “Take A Kid Fishing” Day event, and had some nice times in the great outdoors with the cousins. To us, all this said, [...]

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